Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-09
Seventh Day Of the Haddock Trial.


hiteki bismarck
Geo. rr!eber said to me, "That S. Of .
that preacher, Haddock, I would like
to give some one $500 TO whip him-to give
i'm a black eye" We we're then near the NJ.
f.. church. He asked NE II | knew Fritz Fol
ger; he asked me IL ] knew Sylvester Granda,
Fritz Folger's cousin. / said, eyes" He said
$40 you know where he livesi See him and
tell him / VIII give him $500 to whip Haddock
and give him two black eyes" | told him /
would see Granda and tell him. | am ac-
quainted with Sylvester Granda. saw Gran
da In The afternoon Of the same day (Yon.
day.; | told him Geo. Trieber wanted TO see
him and have hun whip the "Priester," snd
he would give him $500 GrAnda said he would
go To rrieber's saloon in the evening. Next
morning ] went TO Trieber's saloon; | went
to see him about fixing a pump. He said
Grantia had not been there: he told me to see
him ana have him come around and that II he
would whip the 'sPriester" TrlaUer would
give him $500. I saw Grsnda and told him
what Trieber said. Granda said, "Yes, ! will
come to- night ant see him." He said, ~ was
at Trieber's saloon Monday night, but Trieber
was not there" After ] saw Granda on Tues
dag, / saw Trieber and told him what he said,
and that he would be there that night.
Triebsr said you com with him ana We
viii have good drinking. / came up in court
room, | saw Haddock there, whisky trials
were in progress, | stayed In court room Tues.
day afternoon about an hour, and then went
home TO dinner, Tuesday evening | went to
Geo. Trieber's saloon, he took me to one side
and said Grada has not come, You 60 to his
house Al 4 get him up, | told him / was tired
and IL was raining and ! didn't want to walk,
Trieber gave me five cents and ] rode down in
a street car. Granda wasn't At home, 7 came
back to Trieber's saloon, be was not ,here, |
started home on Fourth street, my home Is
one block this side the beer garden, when
near the Sioux National bank corner ! saw
Trieber, GraLds, Plath, MUNICH
rath, Paul Leader and Others,
Trie Der said TO me, Bismarck" show Granda
where the ''priester" lives Granda and | then
went up Pierce street to the court house: We
went inside; Granda said be would not whip
the "priester," there was too big a crowd; |
told him we would wait awhile and go back
and tell them we couldn'tfnd the ''pricster's'
house, get a drink and 90 home; wnen W.
back TO the bank corner there were
standing on the corner Paul Leader, Louis
Plath, Geo. Trieber, Fred Munchrath, IT,,
Leavitt, Henry Peters, AreDsdorf and others
that | did not know, I did not know Leavitt
by sight then, Granda said TO the crowd we
be dry and wet and ! guess We fellows ought
nave u NIluh, Iidlu .oOh OUT MS pocket
and gave him a quarter, we went TO Jake
Uhlmer's saloon and got a drink, then went
back TO the bank corner, Trieber said you 40
with Granda down Fourth street to Water
and see IL the buggy has come back, this was
a little over an hour before Hadiock was
killed, we then went to Columbi house,
Eberhardt and another fellow were
cards in the bar-room, | said to Eber.
hardt TO come out and ! then asked him IL
no h1ruv had Gonna hapk Ghap want 70
house Eberhardt WAS playing cards
at the table, | asked If the buggy had com
back, | stayed on this corner over an hour
after | asked Eberhardt about the buggy,
know Fitsimmons, he went from Columois
to Merriils livery stable, | then saw
him come away from the stable, / saw a buggy
there, on the Columbia house corner, il VAS
over an hour from that time / left the bank
/ was standing In front OF Dineen's
wagon shop Oh the south side of Fourth
street when ! saw the buggy pass, after the
buggy came Granda and | vent up Foarth
street more, when F~ltsimmons came out of
livery stable / was near the pile of posts In
of the Columbia house, the buggy came
west on Fourth street, and turned south on
Water street Granda and | were then in front
Of Dineen's wagon shop; when we saw the
buggy We went east on Fourth amt saw seven
or eight men in front Of Junk's, Granda was
Of me, after be went up To the men they
went west on Fourth street, | met them when
| was near the alley betwecn Pearl and Water
streets, in the crowd was Paul Leader, who
was IN front, Geo. Trieber, Munchrath. John
ArrnsdoTf, Path, Grauda, Leavitt. Henry
and Harry Sherman, ArensdOri had on
q black sack coat and light pants, Leavitt had
on a. long rubber Dat, we ali went to the
OF Water street. Paul Leader and
went a little south on Water street, the rest
OF the men stood on the corner of Fourth,
] knew John AreasdOrt well, / was close TO
hum, | SAN a maa coming across Water street
JOHN Arcnsdorf said, 81 don't want you
Dutcbm"n around" meaning Grauda
/; Haddock was then coming across
alter street; the crowd was on Dineen's cor
ncr: Paul Leader and | were a little south of
the corner; was the nearest the corner;
tiaGdOck came east across Water Street; when
about half way across John Arrnsdorf started
OUT towards him; met and passed him about
one foot, and then whiried aud fired; Had
dock put both hands 10 his head, staggered
and kind Of gurgled; and then fell; Arens-
dOrf waited IA moment to see what the
''priester" would do, and as he fell Arenedprf
made quick and long steps for the bridge;
(Here The Witness illustrated with Attorney
DConnell just how the shooting was cone,
how Arensuorf passed Haddock, then whirled
and fired, and how Haddock threw up bis
bands. The description was the same as
that of Leavitt, and was so realistic
as to cause a silence in the court
room: Arensdorf showed no signs of
emotion further than the blood rushed to his
ace and neck) Henry Peters followed Arens-
iorf as he started towards the bridge across
Perry creek.
q. Do YOU know Arensdorf! A.. Yes cir.
q. DO yon know him well! A. Yc 1.
q. Is the man tpointing to defendapt) sit
ing at the end of the table Arcnsdorfs A.
Yes sir,
Q. Is he the man who fred the shot. A.
Yes sir, he is the man whs shot the
'priester."
After the shooting, continued tho witness,
lad lock threw both hands TO nis head,
gurgled and fell, Arensdorf and Heters then
started fer the Third street bridgs. ] turned
around but Paul Leader was gone. I ran down
10 the alley and up II, | saw
Paul Leader and followed him, We
both ran to the Milwaukee house,
saw John Arensdorf the next day, but not
to speak To him; he was with Paul Leader
S Arensdorf's bretherIn.law). ! saw
again the next Monday after tho
shooting AT Joe Borsch's beer garden, in the
part OF the city ; / met Fritz Folgsr
AZ Cbas. Faulk'B house where ! was fixing a
well; we went together TO the beer gardAn;
John ArensdOyf was there; he came Iva a
)ut and met him: he said: IL thought yoa'd
Gus; you saw the shooting; you are Ike
is to get DRAM and tell about 1t, and then
sou viii yet into trouble and be sent 10 the
eI i~tcnliz-y for ffreen or twenty years; !
have plenty OF money and they can never send
TO r." answered, Il cannot skin ont,
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